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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man lunged into a group of revellers leading Jerusalem's annual gay pride parade and stabbed six of them Thursday evening as they marched in the holy city, Israeli police and witnesses said.

Our smartphones already have the capability to measure the vibrations of our hearts. Now, a Simon Fraser University student is developing an app that will allow people to use that information to diagnose their own heart conditions.

Downtown Vancouver’s hotel market is as hot as the scorching summer of 2015. Rooms at most downtown hotels this weekend — when the Vancouver Pride Festival kicks into full gear — are commanding prices you’d normally associate with big luxurious suites. But in most cases, they are just standard rooms.

VICTORIA — When Ombudsman Jay Chalke was handed the job of investigating those botched firings in the health ministry this week, he offered multiple assurances to the public that his office would do its best to get to the bottom of the murky affair. “I am committed to a diligent and professional investigation into this matter,” he vowed in a statement issued by his office after a legislature committee referred the matter to him.

When Chris Morrissey learned she couldn’t bring the woman she loved to live with her in the country of her birth, it set her on a decades-long path to help Canada become a country where any two people who love each other can be together and feel safe.

VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark has ordered her justice minister to crack down on gun violence, as Surrey RCMP struggle to investigate a huge spike in attempted murders and shootings. Premier Christy Clark instructed Suzanne Anton to begin work on the issue in a new mandate letter delivered as part of this week’s cabinet shuffle.

VICTORIA — When Ombudsman Jay Chalke was handed the job of investigating those botched firings in the health ministry this week, he offered multiple assurances to the public that his office would do its best to get to the bottom of the murky affair. “I am committed to a diligent and professional investigation into this matter,” he vowed in a statement issued by his office after a legislature committee referred the matter to him.